英语词汇“unicorn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

u·ni·corn

(ynĭ-kôrn′)

a. A fabled creature symbolic of virginity and usually represented as a horse with a single straight spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.

b. Heraldry A representation of this beast, having a horse's body, a stag's legs, a lion's tail, and a straight spiral horn growing from its forehead, especially employed as a supporter for the Royal Arms of Great Britain or of Scotland.

2. Unicorn The constellation Monoceros.

a. Something that is greatly desired but difficult or impossible to find: “Is antigravity the unicorn of physics? Or do we simply lack the strategy and bait to catch it in an experimental snare?” (Jerome Groopman).

b. Business A startup company valued at one billion dollars or more.

[Middle English unicorne, from Old French, from Late Latin ūnicornis, from Latin, having one horn : ūnus, one; see oi-no- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + cornū, horn; see ker-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

unicorn

The Lady and the Unicorn: "Sight,"one in a series of six 15th-century tapestries

单词	unicorn
释义	u·ni·corn (ynĭ-kôrn′) n. 1. a. A fabled creature symbolic of virginity and usually represented as a horse with a single straight spiraled horn projecting from its forehead. b. Heraldry A representation of this beast, having a horse's body, a stag's legs, a lion's tail, and a straight spiral horn growing from its forehead, especially employed as a supporter for the Royal Arms of Great Britain or of Scotland. 2. Unicorn The constellation Monoceros. 3. a. Something that is greatly desired but difficult or impossible to find: “Is antigravity the unicorn of physics? Or do we simply lack the strategy and bait to catch it in an experimental snare?” (Jerome Groopman). b. Business A startup company valued at one billion dollars or more. [Middle English unicorne, from Old French, from Late Latin ūnicornis, from Latin, having one horn : ūnus, one; see oi-no- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + cornū, horn; see ker-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] unicorn The Lady and the Unicorn: "Sight,"one in a series of six 15th-century tapestries
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